Documents obtained by the newspaper reveal in each case, the Iranians, who paid people smugglers to get to Australia, were given protection visas after claiming their lives would be in danger if they returned to Iran.

The visas were cancelled by Mr Dutton, or his delegate, after the Immigration Department discovered they voluntarily returned to Iran and later came back to Australia.

It’s understood one person made three return trips to Iran after getting their Australian visa.

One of the three trips was to get married under Islamic law.

The AAT reinstated the protection visa after ruling that just because the person took trips from Australia to Iran, it didn’t mean the person didn’t fear persecution in the country….